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[page 535]
ORIGINATORS FILE No.________
SHAEF MESSAGE FORM
CALL
CIRCUIT No.
NR
PRIORITY
TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
SPACES WITHIN HEAVY LINES FOR SIGNALS USE ONLY
FROM
(A) SHAEF FORWARD
ORIGINATOR
PRD, Communique Section
DATE-TIME OF ORIGIN
011100A April
TO FOR ACTION
(1) AGWAR
(2) NAVY DEPARTMENT
TO (W) FOR INFORMATION (INFO)
(3) TAC HQ 12 ARMY GP
(4) MAIN 12 ARMY GP
(5) AIR STAFF MAIN
(6) ANCXF
(7) EXFOR MAIN
(8) EXFOR REAR
(9) DEFENSOR, OTTAWA
(10) CANADIAN C/S, OTTAWA
(11) WAR OFFICE
(12) ADMIRALTY
(13) AIR MINISTRY
(14) UNITED KINGDOM BASE
(15) SACSEA
(16) CMHQ (Pass to RCAF & RCN)
(17) COM ZONE
(18) SHAEF REAR
(19) SHAEF MAIN
(20) PRO, ROME
(21) HQ SIXTH ARMY GP
MESSAGE INSTRUCTIONS
GR
(REF NO.)
NONE
(CLASSIFICATION)
IN THE CLEAR
COMMUNIQUE NO. 358 1 April 1945
UNCLASSIFIED:
NORTH OF THE RUHR ALLIED FORCES CONTINUE TO MAKE RAPID PROGRESS AND THE MOMENTUM OF THE ADVANCES HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. OUR UNITS ARE MORE THAN 65 MILES EAST OF THE RHINE AT SOME POINTS. SEVERAL OF OUR ARMORED UNITS GAINED MORE THAN 15 MILES YESTERDAY. NORTH OF BORKEN WE CAPTURED STADTLOHN AND MADE SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCES BEYOND THE TOWN.
GUN POSITIONS NORTH OF EMMERICH WERE ATTACKED BY MEDIUM AND LIGHT BOMBERS.
OUR ARMORED ELEMENTS ARE FIGHTING IN THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF PADERBORN AGAINST STIFF RESISTANCE FROM ENEMY INFANTRY AND DUG-IN TANKS. FARTHER SOUTHEAST, OUR ARMOR HAS REACHED WARBURG, AFTER AND 18 MILE ADVANCE. INFANTRY UNITS CONTINUE TO MOP UP BEHIND THE ARMOR AND HAVE ENTERED BRILON AND BUREN [BÜREN] [BUEREN], SOUTH OF PADERBORN. SOUTHWEST OF KASSEL OUR FORCES CAPTURED BERGHEIM [BERGHEIM EDERTAL] AND THE EDERSEE [EDERSTAUSEE] DAM ON THE EDER RIVER.
OUR INFANTRY ENTERED SIEGEN AND CLEARED THE AREA SOUTH OF THE SIEG RIVER BETWEEN SCHONSTEIN [SCHÖNSTEIN] [SCHOENSTEIN] AND ELSERFELD [ELSENFELD].
ARMORED ELEMENTS ADVANCING NORTH GAINED UP TO 35 MILES AND REACHED A POINT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF KASSEL. OTHER ELEMENTS, ADVANCING NORTHEAST, ARE IN THE AREA OF KAPPEL [WALDKAPPEL], 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KASSEL.
OUR ARMOR, ADVANCING 23 MILES NORTHEAST FROM LAUTERBACH, REACHED THE AREA SOUTH OF HERSFELD [BAD HERSFELD]. WE LIBERATED 10 AMERICAN AIRMEN IN ASBACH [ASBACH BAD HERSFELD], TWO MILES SOUTH OF HERSFELD[BAD HERSFELD]. TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR ELTRA WE KNOCKED OUT SEVERAL TANKS.
ARMORED UNITS HAVE REACHED THE VICINITY OF GIESEL, SIX MILES SOUTH- WEST [SOUTHWEST] OF FULDA. OUR UNITS MET STRONG TANK AND INFANTRY RESISTANCE NEAR GELNHAUSEN, 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFURT, BUT BY-PASSED THE TOWN AND ENTERED BIRSTEIN, 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULDA. INFANTRY CONTINUES TO MOP
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NAME AND RANK TYPED. TEL. NO.
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D.R. JORDAN, Lt Col, FA
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[page 535]
ORIGINATORS FILE No.________
SHAEF MESSAGE FORM
CALL
CIRCUIT No.
NR
PRIORITY
TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
SPACES WITHIN HEAVY LINES FOR SIGNALS USE ONLY
FROM
(A) SHAEF FORWARD
ORIGINATOR
PRD, Communique Section
DATE-TIME OF ORIGIN
011100A April
TO FOR ACTION
(1) AGWAR
(2) NAVY DEPARTMENT
TO (W) FOR INFORMATION (INFO)
(3) TAC HQ 12 ARMY GP
(4) MAIN 12 ARMY GP
(5) AIR STAFF MAIN
(6) ANCXF
(7) EXFOR MAIN
(8) EXFOR REAR
(9) DEFENSOR, OTTAWA
(10) CANADIAN C/S, OTTAWA
(11) WAR OFFICE
(12) ADMIRALTY
(13) AIR MINISTRY
(14) UNITED KINGDOM BASE
(15) SACSEA
(16) CMHQ (Pass to RCAF & RCN)
(17) COM ZONE
(18) SHAEF REAR
(19) SHAEF MAIN
(20) PRO, ROME
(21) HQ SIXTH ARMY GP
MESSAGE INSTRUCTIONS
GR
(REF NO.)
NONE
(CLASSIFICATION)
IN THE CLEAR
COMMUNIQUE NO. 358 1 April 1945
UNCLASSIFIED:
NORTH OF THE RUHR ALLIED FORCES CONTINUE TO MAKE RAPID PROGRESS AND THE MOMENTUM OF THE ADVANCES HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. OUR UNITS ARE MORE THAN 65 MILES EAST OF THE RHINE AT SOME POINTS. SEVERAL OF OUR ARMORED UNITS GAINED MORE THAN 15 MILES YESTERDAY. NORTH OF BORKEN WE CAPTURED STADTLOHN AND MADE SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCES BEYOND THE TOWN.
GUN POSITIONS NORTH OF EMMERICH WERE ATTACKED BY MEDIUM AND LIGHT BOMBERS.
OUR ARMORED ELEMENTS ARE FIGHTING IN THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF PADERBORN AGAINST STIFF RESISTANCE FROM ENEMY INFANTRY AND DUG-IN TANKS. FARTHER SOUTHEAST, OUR ARMOR HAS REACHED WARBURG, AFTER AND 18 MILE ADVANCE. INFANTRY UNITS CONTINUE TO MOP UP BEHIND THE ARMOR AND HAVE ENTERED BRILON AND BUREN [BÜREN] [BUEREN], SOUTH OF PADERBORN. SOUTHWEST OF KASSEL OUR FORCES CAPTURED BERGHEIM [BERGHEIM EDERTAL] AND THE EDERSEE [EDERSTAUSEE] DAM ON THE EDER RIVER.
OUR INFANTRY ENTERED SIEGEN AND CLEARED THE AREA SOUTH OF THE SIEG RIVER BETWEEN SCHONSTEIN [SCHÖNSTEIN] [SCHOENSTEIN] AND ELSERFELD [ELSENFELD].
ARMORED ELEMENTS ADVANCING NORTH GAINED UP TO 35 MILES AND REACHED A POINT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF KASSEL. OTHER ELEMENTS, ADVANCING NORTHEAST, ARE IN THE AREA OF KAPPEL [WALDKAPPEL], 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KASSEL.
OUR ARMOR, ADVANCING 23 MILES NORTHEAST FROM LAUTERBACH, REACHED THE AREA SOUTH OF HERSFELD [BAD HERSFELD]. WE LIBERATED 10 AMERICAN AIRMEN IN ASBACH [ASBACH BAD HERSFELD], TWO MILES SOUTH OF HERSFELD[BAD HERSFELD]. TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR ELTRA WE KNOCKED OUT SEVERAL TANKS.
ARMORED UNITS HAVE REACHED THE VICINITY OF GIESEL, SIX MILES SOUTH- WEST [SOUTHWEST] OF FULDA. OUR UNITS MET STRONG TANK AND INFANTRY RESISTANCE NEAR GELNHAUSEN, 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFURT, BUT BY-PASSED THE TOWN AND ENTERED BIRSTEIN, 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULDA. INFANTRY CONTINUES TO MOP
DISTRIBUTION:
Communique
Distribution
COORDINATED WITH: G-2, G-3 to C/S
THIS MESSAGE MUST BE
SENT IN CYPHER IF LIABLE
TO INTERCEPTION
________INITIALS
THIS MESSAGE MAY BE
SENT IN CLEAR BY ANY
MEANS
/s/
________INITIALS
Precedence
"OP" - AGWAR
"P" - Others
ORIGINATING DIVISION
PRD, Communique Section
NAME AND RANK TYPED. TEL. NO.
4655
D.R. JORDAN, Lt Col, FA
AUTHENTICATING SIGNATURE
/s/
THI or TOR
TIME CLEARED
Opr.